Barry O'Brien's Book in the Bronson
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:19 pm
The celebration of Father's Day in the U.S. has brought free access to Newspapers.com with its very handy search engine. Although I was looking for other items, this one caught my eye since I know the involved library, personally visited during many a lunchtime while working in Waterbury, Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat
7 Dec 1907
The Waterbury Democrat
7 Dec 1907
One of His Books Now in the Bronson Library
The announcement that Barry O’Brien’s book “Two Centuries of Irish History, 1670 – 1870” has been placed in the circulating library has brought forward many inquiries about the author… Richard Barry O’Brien, the historian, was born at Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland, in 1847. He was educated by private tutors and at the Catholic university in Dublin. In 1874 he was called to the Irish bar and later to the English bar. After practicing for a time in England, he turned his attention to politics and literature, devoting himself mainly to Irish historical studies. Besides the book already referred to, he is the author of… [typed here in list form, not so in the original]
“The Irish Land Question and English Public Opinion”
“The Parliamentary History of the Irish Land Question”
“Fifty Years of Concessions to Ireland”
“Thomas Drummond’s Life and Letters”
“Irish Wrongs and English Remedies”
“Life of Charles Stewart Parnell”
“Life of Lord Russell of Killowen”
“Autobiography of Wolfe Tone”
Besides these, he has done considerable literary work in newspapers and magazines of the old world. He was one of the founders of the Irish Literary Society, and since its establishment he has been its chairman.